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From: carlos@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Carlos Borges)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Purchase decision, to STe or not?
Message-ID: <1990Sep25.232024.14571@stretch.cs.mun.ca>
Date: 25 Sep 90 23:20:24 GMT
References: <4619@crash.cts.com> <1990Sep24.054555.624@ecst.csuchico.edu> <1990Sep25.021056.1425@nmt.edu>
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In article <1990Sep25.021056.1425@nmt.edu> jcksnsr@nmt.edu (Jeffrey C. King) writes:
>In article <1990Sep24.054555.624@ecst.csuchico.edu> ekrimen@cscihp.UUCP (Ed Krimen) writes:
>>There's no such thing as 640x400x4 on any of the ST models.  It's 
>>monochrome.  There's a company called Lexicor, which is some of the 
>>authors that wrote the Cyber series for Antic, and they are coming 
>>out with some great animation and drawing stuff.
>>
>  Thats wrong!  The STe incorporates an extra bit plane in several new graphics
>modes.  The extra bit plane is what allows 32 colors without resorting to a
>seperate color map (ALA Spectrum, GIF's and I belive VGA).  As I recall, the
>graphics modes on the STe are 320x200x16, 640x200x4, 640x400x1 (to remain
>compatible with the ST) as well as 320x200x32, 640x200x16 and 640x400x4 plus
>  I believe there is also a new Hi-Rez mode somethink like 1280x800x1  
>  (One spec I saw listed in Current Notes stated that the STe and TT were to
>have remarkably similar graphics..)
>
Are you serious about these "extra" resolutions?  I've had my STe for a few
months now, and I didn't know about them.  From GEM, there are still only
LOW, MED, & HIGH resolutions listed in the preferences.  If the machine is
indeed capable of these resolutions, how do I access them? 

>>- BTW does STe have high res color, or is it the same as the ST,
>>- 640x200is the highest color resolution?
>>
>>Yes.  It's the same as the other ST's, only 4096 colors to choose 
>>from instead of 512.
>>
>
>    No - I already talked about this...
>
>
>  (Now I'm just waiting for some obvious STe developements (SPectrum 512 in 
>640x200 mode, an Amiga Emulator, etc, before I buy mine..)  

I really didn't know these extra modes were available... Are they?

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